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Bass Pale Ale

Bass Pale Ale  - Premium Bitter/ESB

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 Percentile 
62
overall
Brewed by Samlesbury (InBev UK - InBev)
Style: Premium Bitter/ESB

Preston, England

bottled
common

on tap
available

Broad Distribution
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 Ratings  Average  Score  ABV  Style Pctl  Serve in 
17543.16/5.03.16/5.05%63.2English pint
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Commercial Description:
Available filtered in bottles, cans, and kegs.
A version of Bass for the North American market at 5% to comply with USA ale regulations.
Brewed from the late 70's at Burton. In 2000, after Interbrew bought the Bass brand, production was switched to the Ulster brewery in Northern Ireland. In 2003 production and distribution was switched to Latrobe for a 12-18 period. Now being made back in the UK once again by InBev.
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 Nisse666 (301), Göteborg, Sweden
2.4 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
3/103/54/103/511/20
Oct 26, 2009  
Bottle, 1993-06-06, Italy, kind of olf englisg bitter¨, Had the first on een Italy, going there with the music school... Copper/amber body, powerful creamy head, malty and a bit bitter flavor.


Niko100 (81), New York, USA
2.9 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/103/56/103/511/20
Oct 24, 2009  
Cider color; Medium body; Aroma of malt & a hint of dry fruit; Flavor mainly of malt, some caramel and grains; Very slight bitterness at the finish; Overall, a solid brew & easy to drink - though, middle of the road for me.


 dmac (1418), Toms River, New Jersey, USA
2.8 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
5/104/56/103/510/20
Oct 22, 2009  
Draft. Poured a deep orange/amber with a smaller white head. Aroma was grainy cereal and some amber malts. Flavor had a little more potency with lots of bread and grains and a slight touch of nutts. Drinkable but sooo many better easy to find beers out there.


 williamherbert (461), Syracuse, New York, USA
2.4 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/103/54/102/58/20
Oct 17, 2009  
The appearance is a super-clear light orange with a solid foamy white head. Looks watery, but not thin. The aroma is sweet ale malt. More like a regular ale than a pale. Above average pub ale smell. THe flavor is sweetbread malt. Vague pale malt flavor, with some okay yeast presence. It’s slightly substandard out of the can. Too sweet of an aftertaste, and tastes like dishsoap as it warms up. Feels watery with a sweet burn on the way down. Milkier than expected. Soapy. It’s disappointing. I generally like Bass on tap but out of the can it didn’t hit the mark. Not awful, but subpar.


beercamel (83), Chicago, Illinois, USA
3.1 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/103/58/103/511/20
Oct 15, 2009  
Pours clear water rust copper gold. A love in a pint and ready to chug with cronies and bolognies. Taste is a tad weak and has metallic hints with bread like features. Not a pale that I am used to but an english traet and who can bad mouth the brits.


 f351c4v (404), Mechanicsburg, Pennsylvania, USA
2.7 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/103/56/103/59/20
Oct 14, 2009  
On tap @ IAH. Pours a clear amber color with a small offwhite head. Sweet aroma of bready malts, some caramel. Medium body reveals more sweetness, honey, with a slightly metallic finish. Drinkable, standard ale.


 tokyogoat (505), San Diego, California, USA
2.4 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
4/103/54/103/510/20
Oct 13, 2009  
Pours an orange yellow, fairly clear. Nose was bland, no real hop smell, mostly grains and sugar. Taste is nutty, bread, thin caramel, grains, floral hop bitterness, no hop flavor.


 Gary (352), Buckinghamshire, England
2.8 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/103/56/102/511/20
Oct 3, 2009  
Had on keg several times and bottled : This hasn’t had street creed since 1988 .I was only 6 then , but believe me I’m psychic or something : Its more amber than "pale " coloured. Very malty, biscuty -toffee and late dry bitternes.



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